It’s not just the Labour Party which is institutionally incapable of understanding why the Conservative Party kicked the hell out of them in these elections. It is also, of course, the BBC.

The prime offender was – hold your breath in surprise – Emily Maitlis on Newsnight. Furlough and vaccines were the sole reason the Tories did well, according to this very affluent, metropolitan, liberal woman, who has a child in boarding school, natch.